Regional Body
OrganicFarmNZ Waikato Inc. was established in 2002. Our vision is that all farming and gardening in New Zealand will be organic, and that all produce sold from organic farming and gardening will be certified as organic.
Our purpose is to pursue that vision by:
- managing an organic certification scheme according to the standards and processes prescribed by OrganicFarmNZ
- supporting farmers and gardeners to obtain organic certification
- supporting farmers and gardeners to farm/garden organically
Fees
POD member: $350
Individual: $600
Associate member: $35
Contacts
NCC Rep: tbc
Chair: Huia Smith, vedic.organics@gmail.com
Certification Manager: Tom Bannister, tombbusiness73@gmail.com
Auditors:
Treasurer: Warwick Hutchinson, whutch024@gmail.com
Secretary:
Certification Committee: Korbinian Poschl, Tony Gyde
We have been providing ongoing training to our auditors and certification manager, and in the process have generated various documents which might help other regions in running training days and otherwise supporting their auditors and certification manager – view the documents here. Please feel free to contribute to this document through your regions or the NCC.